Oregon football bowl history: Every bowl game the Ducks have played in
By Josh Yourish
![Oregon's Justin Herbert celebrates a first quarter touchdown against Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Years Day 2020. Oregon's Justin Herbert celebrates a first quarter touchdown against Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Years Day 2020.](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/12d8f163e717c312e90df2c5f1a4ef9e0d8a6f82427aab359fe7c836d78f7e91.jpg)
Cotton Bowl (0-2)
1949: SMU 21 Oregon 13
Oregon didn’t play in a bowl game from 1919 until making the 1949 Cotton Bowl. It was the Ducks third bowl game appearance and second loss. The Ducks finished the season 9-2.
1996: Colorado 38 Oregon 6
The Ducks had never won 10 or more games in a season and for the second-straight year had a chance to in their bowl game. To finish the 1994 season, the Ducks lost the Rose Bowl to finish 9-4 and in 1995 they did the same with a blowout loss to Colorado in the Cotton Bowl. Oregon finished 9-3 in head coach Mike Belloti’s first season.
Oregon and Bellotti finally won 10 games in 2000.